California: The History and Legacy of the Land Before and After It Joined the United States

The Land Before the Kingdom of Israel: A History of the Southern Levant and the People who Populated It 9781575064284

Ancient Israel is widely regarded as having been set apart from the nations, representing a unique sociopolitical entity

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Handbook of Salamanders: The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California 9781501721014

Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few speci

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The Prohibition Era in the United States: The History and Legacy of America’s Ban on Alcohol and Its Repeal

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Not

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The California Gold Rush: The History and Legacy of the Forty-Niners and America’s Golden Dream

*Includes pictures. *Includes primary accounts of the gold rush. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further read

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Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California 9781501722479

Throughout Carr offers colorful recollections and anecdotes about his fieldwork and research.

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Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States 9780812298291

In the same way that the rise of the New Right cannot be understood apart from the mobilization of evangelicals, Gene Zu

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History of the United States Marine Corps

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Early Balloons and Airships: The History and Legacy of Dirigibles Before the Invention of Airplanes

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Wright Brothers initi

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The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States 9780813552170

Since 2006, when the “morning-after pill” Plan B was first sold over the counter, sales of emergency contraceptives have

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Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion 0231210450, 9780231210454

Long before the 1979 Soviet invasion, the United States was closely concerned with Afghanistan. For much of the twentiet

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